J. W. McKenzie is a bookseller and publisher specialising in

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to inclu ...

. Born in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...

, he is currently based in

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

. His skilful cataloguing has attracted particular attention. "The catalogues, with their succinct descriptions of books, lithographs and cricketana," wrote friend

Suresh Menon Suresh Menon (born 10 January 1967) is an Indian actor, comedian and television personality. Career Menon has appeared in movies including Grand Masti, ''Phir Hera Pheri'', '' Partner'', '' Fool N Final'', '' Krazzy 4'', '' Deewane Huye Paga ...

in 2008, "are a treat. Catalogue-writing (and producing) is an art form, and these show us why. The descriptions are technical, critical and focused. These are treasures of their own."Menon 2008.

References

* Menon, Suresh. "My friend the bookseller." ''

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''. 5 October

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(accessed 11 December 2008).

External links

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